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Summer 2024 drought will plague farmers in Yakima Valley and Kittitas area
On the south slope of Rattlesnake Mountain in the Yakima Valley, north of Prosser, water is measured by the puny drip. Jim Willard grows mainly grapes and a few apples. Willard wears a green with yellow writing ball cap that reads “Make Alfalfa Great Again” as he drives me about his sloped farm. He’s showing why his micro sprayers, drip-line tubing and precision watering systems that he said won’t be enough this year.
Spring Big Book Sale at the Ellensburg Library
ELLENSBURG- This Saturday, May 4th, The Hal Holmes Community Center will join the Ellensburg Library for the twice-a-year “upstairs” book sale, raising funds for the library renovation. The event will see thousands of used books and media such as CDs and DVDs on sale at the Hal Holmes...
Thief pleads guilty to $1500 Christmas shop lifting spree at Ellensburg Fred Meyer store
ELLENSBURG- 48-years-old Jennifer Sue Kemp from Selah, pleaded guilty to second degree theft, after being part of an organized crime ring that stole from Ellensburg’s Fred Meyer store during the 2022 Christmas period. A store employee had seen Kemp leaving the Fred Meyer on Christmas Eve, with a cart...
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